Thursday, November 29, 2012

I am always too warm, I am always hungry and looking for food, and I like to sleep.

I could probably sleep a whole season, like a bear, and winter would be just perfect under my down comforter.

See you in 108 days, in the spring.

Well, it's time to put the Militant Community Garden into hibernation.

Yes, even after that miserable hurricane, we have spinach! A nice happy surprise.

We harvested all the spinach, which was not as big as our summer crop, however, it was tender and delicious mixed with bacon, hard boiled egg, crispy shallots from our garden and a hot honey mustard vinaigrette. Yum.

We found some nice red onions (more like shallots) leftover from the summer.

Time to cut down the asparagus ferns, which take up way too much room in the garden and produce way too little (we will have to rethink that next season).

Time to till the soil, rake the manure, and get the plots ready for spring.
(yes, that would be me, shoveling sh*t, and I'm good at it too).

Time to plant the garlic, which will be ready in June.

I woke up an earthworm, but buried him back deep in the soil so he can go back to sleep.

Time to plan and rethink what we really want to grow next season. The beets, broccoli and spinach did exceptionally well, and instead of 10 tomato varieties, maybe just 5.

Green beans are a must, but we won't bother with the carrots this time, they weren't that tasty, and probably a few breakfast radishes, so we can have them with butter and fleur de sel in the spring.

You should definitely grow potatoes. We have grown them for years and they are so much better than those in the store. But grow red or yellow ones, not russets. And they go in the ground in spring as soon as you can work it - April where I live. Good luck.

You are an inspiration Stacey - You and Henry were terrific gardeners this year. -- And you look chic even spreading manure. You're reminding me that I have a bucket of watered down chicken manure that I need to spread on my garden.

Hi Stacey, Now you just need to get a couple of hens, and you'll be making that delicious spinach salad with not only your own vegetables, but eggs too! You've inspired me to get my own garden to bed this afternoon. As always thanks!Lisa From Sag Harbor

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